Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 05:24:33 -0700 From: aurfalien <aurfalien@gmail.com> To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: auth sys and 16 group limit for NFS Message-ID: <BD8B42D2-902C-4268-9E9F-6FE29721E6D2@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <560E635A.8070505@qeng-ho.org> References: <AC96254B-1594-4915-9062-7ABF5E856339@gmail.com> <560E635A.8070505@qeng-ho.org>
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Hi and thanks for getting back to me. A work around in Linux NFS server would be this; rpc.mountd --manage-gids Is there an equivalent in FreeBSD? - aurf "Janitorial Services" On Oct 2, 2015, at 3:58 AM, Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> wrote: > On 02/10/2015 00:51, aurfalien wrote: >> Hi, >>=20 >> First, excuse me if this is not posted on the right list. >>=20 >> I=92ve been hitting this limit for a few years now, working around it >> by simply managing LDAP group membership. But was curious if the >> only way to fix is moving to kerberos for auth? >>=20 >> Some sites say its no longer an issue in FreeBSD 9/later and newer >> Linux kernels of the same vintage. >>=20 >> But I am still hitting it. >>=20 >> Curious of the community has some words of wisdom etc=85 >=20 > The limit is part of the RFC specification of NFS for versions < 4. I = think the usual advice is "use NFSv4" if you need more than 16 groups. I = have no personal experience with NFSv4 though. >=20 >>=20 >> Thanks in advance, >> - aurf >>=20 >> "Janitorial Services" >=20 > :-) >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Those who do not learn from computing history are doomed to > GOTO 1
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